Ventilator-Initiated Prompt In Response To Proposed Setting Adjustment

Abstract

This disclosure describes systems and methods for issuing a prompt in response to one or more proposed settings adjustments. Specifically, the prompt may include a projected impact of the one or more proposed settings adjustments on patient condition and / or patient treatment. The prompt may further provide an impact level and / or an alert associated with the projected impact. According to embodiments, one or more recommendations for alternative settings adjustments may be provided on the prompt or on an extension of the prompt. According to embodiments, a clinician may scroll through a plurality of potential settings adjustments until a desired impact level is displayed on the prompt (e.g., a positive impact level). According to still other embodiments, a plurality of proposed settings adjustments may be received. In this case, the projected impact displayed on the prompt may represent a combined projected impact of the plurality of proposed settings adjustments received.

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INTRODUCTION[0001]A ventilator is a device that mechanically helps patients breathe by replacing some or all of the muscular effort required to inflate and deflate the lungs. In recent years, there has been an accelerated trend towards an integrated clinical environment. That is, medical devices are becoming increasingly integrated with communication, computing, and control technologies. As a result, modern ventilatory equipment has become increasingly complex, providing for detection, monitoring, and evaluation of a myriad of ventilatory parameters during ventilation of a patient. However, even in light of available ventilatory data, many clinicians may not readily assess and evaluate the projected impact of a proposed setting adjustment on patient condition.[0002]Indeed, clinicians and patients may greatly benefit from ventilator notifications identifying how proposed settings adjustments may impact patient condition, either positively or negatively, based on evaluation of availab...

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As a result, modern ventilatory equipment has become increasingly complex, providing for detection, monitoring, and evaluation of a myriad of ventilatory parameters during ventilation of a patient.

However, even in light of available ventilatory data, many clinicians may not readily assess and evaluate the projected impact of a proposed setting adjustment on patient condition.

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